exhaust bellow wont stay on after being clamped alpha 1 gen 1 do you really need exhaust bellows

[bouncefactor]

exhaust bellow wont stay on after being clamped alpha 1 gen 1 do you really need exhaust bellows

Replacing bellows in 84 Searay seville with alpha 1 gen 1 out drive. We can get the exhaust bellows on. We tighten the clamp up but as soon as we move it up it slowly slides off. We tried different clamps to no avail. Now my son thought he could put it on without using a bellows tool(like in the sticky thread) so the glue dried when he failed to get bellows installed . He finally broke down and built the bellows install tool and bellow went on easily. Problem is it slides off just as easily. Now all we can think is the glue has turned into a gummy residue and is acting like a lubricant. Any tips for 1 something to use to get glue cleaned up and secondly is it possibly something else? Any suggestions would be appreciated!! .................................. On an edit my son has sent me links that says the exhaust bellows is just for noise and you dont need it....thoughts on that?

 

[thumpar]

I used the homemade tool and it worked fine. Are you putting the glue on the bellows and the fitting and letting it setup for 10 minutes before putting it together?

 

[bouncefactor]

tool works fine/perfectly. I dont think he has been applying glue to both sides(bellows and bellhousing) and definitely not waiting 10 mins. He put it back together again and left it alone as i told him to keep hands off and he went home. He(my son) thought glue was not a big deal thought clamp did the work(he is a well educated/certified auto mechanic and that hurts him when it comes to boats sometimes i think). Thanks for the idea/suggestion.

 

[81 Checkmate]

Try what Thumpar sugested....But to answer your question...no you dont need the exhaust tube and it does make the boat louder. you can go with an exhaust tube. It fastens on the transome side.....It's open on the drive end and when the drive is all the way down it fits over the drive side and is quiet.... then when you trim up it getts louder.